Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut ‘The Room Next Door’ wins top prize at the Venice Film Festival

Nicole Kidman wins best actress award at Venice Film Festival for 'Babygirl,' misses ceremony due to death of her mother

Italy's culture minister resigns after admitting an affair with a ministry consultant

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s culture minister resigned Friday days after tearfully acknowledging an affair with a ministry consultant that embarrassed Premier Giorgia Meloni's government. After standing by him for nearly two weeks as the scandal brewed, Meloni accepted the resignation...

Torrential rains in northern Italy flood Milan and leave a man missing

ROME (AP) — A wave of violent rainstorms battered northern Italy on Thursday, flooding the financial hub of Milan and raising fears for the life of a man who was swept away on a tractor in the Piedmont region. Footage by state TV RAI showed the wheel of the vehicle still visible...

Italy approves new rules to put beach concessions up for bidding by 2027

ROME (AP) — Italy approved new rules late Wednesday to put lucrative concessions for beach clubs up for bidding by June 2027, responding to pressing demands from the EU to open up the sector to new players. Under the new legislation by the right-wing government led by Giorgia...

About 20 migrants are reported missing after their boat capsized off Italy

ROME (AP) — About 20 migrants are believed to be missing after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean this week, the U.N. refugee agency and the Italian coast guard said Wednesday. Seven Syrians were rescued and taken to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, Italian rescuers...

Autopsies show drowning as the cause of death for a US lawyer and wife in super yacht sinking

MILAN (AP) — The first autopsies of victims of the Bayesian super yacht sinking off Sicily show drowning as the cause of death, authorities said Monday. U.S. lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda were among seven people who died when the Bayesian sank in a sudden, violent storm...

This transgender sprinter will compete for Italy at the Paralympics

BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a 7-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I said I wanted to be like him,” said Petrillo, a transgender woman who was raised as a...

Today in History: September 3, Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary War

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 3, the 247th day of 2024. There are 119 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 3, 1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the...

Hewlett Packard won't drop its UK claim against tech mogul Mike Lynch, who died when his yacht sank

LONDON (AP) — Hewlett Packard Enterprise said Monday it won't drop its U.K. claim for damages against the estate of British tech mogul Mike Lynch, who was killed when his superyacht sank last month. Britain's High Court in 2022 ruled mostly in favor of the U.S. technology company,...